Since last year, Huawei 's mobile phone and telecommunications services have been restricted by many countries led by the United States. As Huawei enters 2019, it is still in trouble. First, Norway announced that it would consider banning Huawei 5G equipment, followed by a "Polish employee arrest incident" and Huawei's US branch was restricted from exporting technology. Recently, even some departments in Taiwan have begun to follow the pace of the United States and choose to disable Huawei mobile phone and related devices. Today, foreign media revealed that the United States announced a criminal investigation into Huawei!
Taiwan agencies announced the ban on Huawei equipment
On the evening of January 14, 2019, the Taiwan Institute of Technology Research and Research announced that "if you use Huawei mobile phones, you will not be able to use our hospital's wireless internal network from noon on January 15." The announcement also notified employees that if you have (or are preparing to use) Huawei equipment related to the experiment, please contact the Center for Information Technology immediately.
Subsequently, Taiwan MIC (Industrial Intelligence Research Institute of Zi Cehui) also stated that it has confirmed that the core host and backbone network have not used Huawei products. In order to maintain information security, MIC will also prevent Huawei equipment from using wireless internal networks in the future. Following the Institute of Technology Research, Huawei equipment will not be able to use the MIC intranet.
htmlOn the evening of January 15, Taiwan NARlabs (National Nano Components Laboratory) stated that in order to maintain information security, the equipment manufactured in mainland China will also prevent the use of internal networks.Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council responded: Catering to foreign forces and being willing to be a chess piece for foreigners
Regarding the announcement of Taiwan's "Industrial Research Institute" and other institutions that prohibit internal employees from using Huawei mobile phones and computers, at the press conference of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held on January 16 today, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that we firmly oppose this kind of practice of undermining normal economic and trade cooperation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait for political purposes. It not only harms the interests of mainland companies, but also seriously harms the interests of Taiwanese consumers. "This approach caters to certain foreign forces, and it is unpopular to be a pawn for outsiders."
The United States "returns old accounts" and launches a criminal investigation into Huawei
On January 16th local time, the Wall Street Journal quoted information provided by insiders as saying that U.S. prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into China's Huawei Technologies Company, investigating its alleged stealing of business secrets from American business partners, including the alleged stealing of technology behind the US T-Mobile company's robot device "Tappy" used by the US T-Mobile company to test smartphones.
According to people familiar with the matter, part of the investigation came from civil lawsuits against Huawei, including a Seattle jury found Huawei misappropriated robotics from T-Mobile's lab in Bellevue, Washington. The investigation is in advanced stages and could soon lead to prosecution, insiders said.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice declined to comment. A Huawei spokesperson also declined to comment. The company objected to the T-Mobile case but admitted that the two employees were inappropriate.
It is worth mentioning that this was originally just a civil lawsuit filed by T-Mobile, and it also happened in 2014. At that time, a Huawei employee was accused of secretly photographing a robot device called "Tappy" made by T-Mobile. T-Mobile determined that Huawei was stealing trade secrets.
But Huawei firmly denies this. Huawei subsequently fired employees who were inappropriate, but did not admit that this was related to commercial theft. Later, T-Mobile filed a lawsuit. In 2017, a federal jury ruled that T-Mobile won the case and Huawei was sentenced to $4.8 million in compensation.
So, this incident should be understood. But now, the United States has investigated the incident again. Obviously, the US is indeed suspicious of deliberately targeting Huawei.
In response to this, American media TheVerge commented: In the past year, American lawmakers have really "examined" Huawei with microscopes. The Global Times also commented that persecuting Huawei is McCarthyism in the field of high-tech.
It is also worth mentioning that after the ZTE incident last year, the US Department of Justice also launched a criminal investigation into Huawei, investigating whether it "violated US sanctions on Iran ." But no progress has been made since then.
US lawmakers propose to ban the sale of US chips or other components to Huawei, ZTE and other Chinese telecom companies that violate U.S. sanctions or export control regulations.
reported that the bill is called the Telecommunications Denial Order Enforcement Act, and its main measures include:
determines that the US policy is to implement order rejection and prohibits the export of US parts to Chinese telecom companies that violate U.S. export control laws or sanctions. Instructed the President to take equally severe penalties for violations of U.S. export control laws or sanctions that Chinese telecom companies initially face. Punishment for violating U.S. export control laws or sanctions is not revoked until a year of compliance and cooperation model proves that China's telecommunications company system violations have changed. Any executive officer is prohibited from modifying any penalties against China Telecom, its agents or affiliates until the president proves that the company has not violated U.S. law for a year and has cooperated fully with U.S. investigations. Emphasize the role of Congress in overseeing export controls and sanctions decisions of the executive branch of China Telecommunications Corporation.
However, this is just a proposal at present and has no legal effect. And a proposal still has a long way to go until it becomes law. It must be reviewed by House of Representatives Members or Senate committees, then debate and vote between the two houses, and finally the president will sign it to become an effective legal clause. After the ZTE settlement before
, some lawmakers also proposed a proposal to prevent the Trump administration from revoking the ban against ZTE. The proposal was also passed by the U.S. Senate, but in the end, the U.S. Senate voluntarily gave up the amendment to continue to push for the resumption of sanctions to ZTE.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Express doubts about the true intention of the United States
htmlOn January 17, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying presided over a regular press conference and responded to Huawei's criminal lawsuit by US federal prosecutors, saying:
According to our understanding, the dispute between Huawei and T-Mobile is a civil dispute between enterprises, and the parties have properly resolved it through legal means. We are concerned about reports of U.S. federal prosecutors launching another criminal investigation into the case, especially doubting the true intention behind it. If ordinary civil cases are often expanded and politicized, and state machines are arbitrarily used to suppress Chinese enterprises, it will not only not comply with the rules of free and fair competition, but also violate the spirit of the rule of law. I would like to reiterate that the Chinese government has always encouraged Chinese companies to carry out foreign economic cooperation in accordance with market principles and international rules on the basis of complying with local laws. I hope that the US side will also provide a fair competitive environment for Chinese companies to operate normally in the US.
Editor: Xinzhixun-Linzi Comprehensive from the Internet
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